Steam-cooker.



A. M: IAMONACO.

STEAM COOKER.

APPLICATION FILED mum. 1914.

Patented July 9, 1918.

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STEAM-COOKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1918.

Application filed July 13, 1914. Serial No. 850,841.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANcnLo M. IAMoNAoo, a citizen of the United States, residingat Rochester, in the county of Monroe, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steam- Cookers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a steam cooker. An object of the invention is to provide a device of this character wherein food stuffs may be boiled, steamed and baked at the same time.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device with automatic signaling means to notify the operator when the water in the container is below a certain level.

, A still further object of the invention is to construct a device so that water may be placed in the container and vaporized by the use of gas, gasolene or other combustible materials.

A still further object of the invention is to provide for the attachment of the device to a steam radiator so that the steam from the said radiator may be used to cook the materials within.

With these and other objects in view, such as will appear as the description progresses, my invention comprises the combination and arrangement of parts as herein set forth and subsequently claimed.

Referring to'the drawing: Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3'3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4.4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 55 of Fig. 1.

Fig. (3 is a modification of a portion of my device.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, wherein like parts are indicated by like characters throughout the several views: U:

My device comprises a rectangular casing 1 having an upper compartment 2 which is closed at its bottom and sides permanently, but is closed by a detachable cover 3 at its upper side. This compartment is located near the upper end of the casing 1 and is used for baking. 1

middle compartment 4 is provided..

which is of considerably greater dimensions than the compartment 2 and has in the corners thereof a series of outwardly extending lugs 5 on which are detachably engaged bars 6 which are secured together, as at 7.

These bars 6 may be secured to any of the said lugs by pins 8 so as to form shelves for pans or the like to rest upon.

A lower compartment 9 is provided which is water-tight and open at its upper end, as at 10. The front faces of the compartments 2 and 9 are permanently closed by the front wall of the casing 1, while the door 11 closes the compartment 4 when desired, and is held in its closed position by a latch member 12.

A shelf 6 is supported by pairs of bars 6 and a similar shelf 6 is supported by the lugs 5 immediately above the lower .compartment 9. It is to be noted that these shelves 6 are provided, at their edges, with openings 6, as clearly disclosed in Fig. 5 so that the steam from the lower compartment 9 will bepermitted to escape through the opening 6. into the intermediate compartment and above the several shelves therein.

Connected with the upperportion of the middle compartment 4 through an aperture 13 in the side thereof .is a pipe 14 which is closed at its upper end and extends downwardly longitudinally of the casing 1 and is open at its lower end, as at 15. This pipe 14 having communication with the compartment 4 takes care of the escaping steam and odors from the cooking materials.

In the front face of the lowermost compartment 9 is formed a series of glass covered apertures 16 through which the'water level in the said compartment may be observed. v

A pipe 17 communicates with the com partment 9, as at 18, slightly above'the bottom thereof and extends upwardly and isv secured to the casing and on the opposite side to that on which the pipe 14 is located. At the upper end a whistlingplug 19 is detachably inserted in the pipeso that when the water level in the compartment 9 reaches a point. below the opening of, the pipe 17 the steam being generatedthereinwillcause the whistling plug 19 to be operated to notify the operator that the water level is low. This plug is detachably engaged with the upper end of the pipe 17 so that it may be removed and water poured into the lowermost compartment 9 without disturbing the materials within the cooker.

A cock 20 is secured to the side'of the compartment 9 adjacent the lower portion thereof by means of which this compartment may be connected to the outlet of a steam radiator so that "the steam may be transferred to the device therethrough.

The device is detachably supported on a plate 21 which in turn is mounted on legs 22 having upwardly extending projections 23 which engagethe sides of the casing 1 and hold it on said plate. This plate has there'- in a suitable gas-or gasolene burner and has communication through the pipe 2 I'with a suitable supply of combustible material.

In the modification of my device I have formed brackets 25 on the insides of the legs 22 on which is supported a grate 26'. By use of-thisgrate a coal or 'woodfire may-be built beneath the device. I have also provided in the plate 21" a gasol'ene burner connected to a suitablesource of supply.

In order that the burning of the fire on the grate may be facilitated, I have provided a collapsible protector 27 comprising a plurality of hingedly connected plates which may be placed around the legs 22 and the two end plates secured together by a hasp 28 and a lock 29. v

In the plate which constitutes the front of this portion of the device a hingedly connected door 30 is provided which has a latch 31 thereon. After this protector has been locked in place access to the grate may be had through this door 30. r 7 In using the. device water is placed in the compartment 9 and a per'forated'pan or kettle or one having solid sides may be placed in the said compartment so that the water surrounds the same. 7

The cross bars-6 are then put in place on V the lugs 5 at any desirable distances apart and pansof food stuffs placed upon the said cross bars. v I

' If it'is desired the material may be placed in the 'oven .which is constituted by the upper compartment 2, 'h'eatisthen applied to the bottom of the compartment 9"by means of the burner in the plate 21 and the water within the compartment 9 is vaporized and the steamarises from this com-' partment through tlie'compartment tto the upper portion thereof where the heat of the same .is applied to the bottom of the oven to cook the materials therein. The pipe 14L.

, then takes careof the steam andodors from the matenals cookmg 1n the "compartment 4:. When the water reaches aflevel below the point where the pipel'Z communicates P j 19 .is caused to whistle tonotify the ope .uiith the lowermost compartment 9 the ator. The said plug may then be removed From the foregoing description it'may be seen that I- have provided a device which comprises several cooking compartments which are accessible from different parts of the device-so that to get to one it will'notbe necessary 'to disturb the remainder, and I'havestill further provided means for all tomatically notifying the operator when the] water level in the device is below'the desirable point, and I have still furtherprovided a modification of the device which willfacilitate the use thereof'when camping.

While I have described a particular form, it has been merely for thes'ake of illustration and I do not 'wishto be limited to that particular form for it is obvious that numerous'ohanges may be made within the'scope of the invention as defined by the claim. 7

What is claimed -is: l v I In a cooker, a rectangular casing'having at its lower 'enda food boiling'compartment closed on its sides and bottom by said casing and openonly at {the top, said casing having at its upper end an oven compartment open only at the top and closedon-its sides by said casing, a cover for closing the top of said compartment,'said casing also having a steaming compartment arranged between said boiling and oven compartments and opening through one side of said casing, a door hinged to said casing for closing said steaming compartment, vertically spaced lugs in said casing, a'plurality of cross "bars arranged in pairs and in superposed relatlon on said lugs w1thmsa1d. steamlng compartment, cer'tam of said cross bars having shelves mounted thereon, the

lowermost shelf being mounted on the lowerf FR CES D. KnA'r Ns."

' VANGELO'MICHKEI] IAMONACO.

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